LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6408, 30 October 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A farmer on the Hauraki Plains told a Thames reporter recently that # jJ» there was a scarcity of fat pigs on the Plains this season. He doubted if there were 100 fat pigs on the Plains.

The rector had delivered an eloquent and moving sermon on the evil of gossip and scandal. But clearly he was still full of his subject when he gave out as the final hymn: “For all the saints who from their neighbours rest.”

A recent issue of the Bay of Plenty Times contained the following: “We have again received an account from a local firm for goods purchased printed in another town. Isn’t it the limit?” Tauranga is not singular in this respect. One of the most looked forward to events of the year is the annual Rose Show and Bazaar organised by St. Mark’s Ladies’ Guild. This year the date fixed upon Tor the attraction is Thursday, November Bth. A feature that will appeal to the children is that of a grand Christmas tree.

A successful farmer who plants extensively for shelter and timber-*said recently that the main factor in good results is that ill growing all pines and maccrocarpa he leans them at an angle of 45 degrees away from the prevailing winds. When strong and well established they straighten themselves. .

Woodville has its troubles. At the last meeting of the' Chamber of Commerce in that town complaint was made by members that trade frequently went elsewhere. It was also caustically suggested that it was time several of the business premises in the main street were rebuilt.

The annual bazaar of the local Presbyterian Church is to take place in St. Mark’s Hall to-day—afternoon and evening. Among goods for sale is a fine assortment of drapery and produce. Admission in the afternoon will be free, but a charge of 1/will be made in the evening, at which there will be a number of interesting attractions.

A Blenheim wag has the honor of originating a good motor story. The other day a well-known local owner of a popular make of car was performing prodigious feats with the starting handle, without the slightest response from the sulky engine, when the joker happened along. He witnessed the winding process for a minute or two, and then dnywled: “Say, why don’t you get an eight-day one?” France hds notified the United States that she will welcome the presence of an American representative in a committee of experts to investigate Germany’s capacity to pay, but such a committee must be appointed by the Reparation Commission and be subordinate to that body. The Daily Express understands that the. British Government agrees to the restricted form of inquiry of which France has approved.

Last year it is estimated that nearly 40,000 calves were inoculated in the Taranaki district, of which less than 100 were steer calves. The obsous result has been a shortage in steer cattle, a shortage which will become more acute as time goes on. The dairy farmer finds it more profitable to produce pork in the vicinity of 6|d per lb than to give the milk to steer calves.

The ’phone number of J. E. Wild, housepainter, signwriter and paperhanger, is 208. *

St. .John Ambulance —The N.R. Division at Auckland, having proved its intense value as an embrocation, now use Q-tol while performing their duties at Races, Picnics, etc.

Phone number of Hy. Warner, wellborer, 250 Te Aroha. *